Tag: Tripel

(Press Release) DOWNINGTON, Pa.—Victory Brewing Company (Victory) announces another first with the introduction of Sour Monkey, a deliciously puckering Belgian-style Tripel incorporating multiple fermentations via three different yeasts. Swinging from the same tree as its GABF Gold Medal award-winning cousin, Golden Monkey this deliciously sharp brew commands respect. A result of the visionary enthusiasm of... View Article

The name stems from the 2008 Whetstone Bella Vigna Pinot Noir barrels that housed this sweet Belgian-style Tripel for nine months. The beer pours a gorgeous, almost translucent gold with the “densest head that I’ve ever seen,” comments one staff member. “I could eat it with a spoon.”

To many, the discovery of Belgian beers is a moment of great enlightenment, and to those of us who came to know them long ago, they are still amazing. The integration of technology, moxie and charm forms a righteous trinity, one that is orchestrated in the brewhouse.

The label is adorned with a tiny Scottish thistle, a reminder of Mac MacTarnahan, one of the original investors in Portland Brewing Co., who was still regularly donning a kilt and competing in various senior games before his death in 2004 at the age of 89.

Flying Fish Brewing Co. Cherry Hill, NJ Available: DC, NJ, PA An American trippel, this is the first beer in Flying Fish’s Exit Series, celebrating the brewery’s home state through New Jersey Turnpike exit numbers. Although the Turnpike Authority initially tried to stop distribution, common sense prevailed, when it was realized the name did not... View Article